Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-24

ceipts. the match to take place i
Muskegan or New York, and Dun
also offers to stand expenses elthe
way in case the match can be arranged
The plans for the new building G
the Olympic Club of San Francisc
have been prepared and are unde
discussion by the board of directors
The plans provide for coffee room
large plunge bath, 3 turkish bath
gymnasium, fencing room, boxing
room, wrestling room, office, reading
billiard and card rooms, parlor and al
other conveniences.
The L. A.. Athletic Club have in
corporated, and the papers have beer
sent to Sacramento. The building O
the new club house for the association
will commence as soon as the neces'
sary funds have been subscribed. One
third has been paid down on the 10,
owned by the club on the corner o.
Temple and Olive streets, and the
balance, which is already subscribed
will be paid as soon as the deeds are
all submitted.
The following letter has been sent
to all members of the L. A. A. @:
LOS ANGELES ATHLETIC CLUB ROOMS
Los ANGELES, Cal. October 81, 1887.
Mr.. l.................,
Your attendance at the regular
practice nights is earnestly requested, as l,
10 necessary to have full and regular classet
in order to prepare for our annual exhibi
tion, and Ladies' Night to be held about NO
vember Goth. l remain,
Yours Respectfully
F. X. LlDDELL,
Leader L. A. A. C.
The following are some of the records
of the leading walkers and runners Of
the day:
p. d Skillman-1 mile in min. SO
sec. miles, 9 min. A sec. S miles,
27 min So sec.; II miles, hr. II
min. and 13 sec.
Z. G.. Carter-1 mile, min. 80 sec. !;
2 miles, in 8 min. 3S sec. miles, Is
min. 16% sec.; 5 miles, in 25 min.
23L sec. ; 10 miles, SO min. 20 sec.
w. g.. George-half mile. 2 min.
219 sec. F; mile, 4 min. 1234 Sec; 2
miles. in 8 min. 171a sec. miles, in
25 min. 7 As sec; ten miles, in 81.
min. 20 sec.
Leon E. Myers-1OO yards, in 10
sec; 300 yards, in 313s sec half mile,
in min. 55 sec; 1000 yards, in min.
13 Sec; mile, in 4 min. 2734 sec.
W. NJ. Cummings-100 yards, in 2
min. II sec. l mile, in min. 1614
sec. 10 miles, in 81 min. 3-5 sec.
Martin j. Murphy has been engaged
by the L. A. A. @. to give instructions
in the art OF self-defense to the men,
bers of that club.
The fourth annual meeting of the
Los Angeles Athletic Club will take
place at the baseball grounds, corner
of Sixth and Flower streets, on Thurs
day November oath, Thanksgiving
day., at 2P.M.
The programme is as follows.
l. l20 yards hurdle race.
2. 100 yards dash.
3. One mile bicycle race.
4. Running high jump.
5. Half mile bicycle race, first
heat.
6. One mile walk.
Z. Quarter mile race.
s. Half mile bicycle race, second
heat.
8. Running broad jump.
10. One mile run.
IL. Tug of war, teams OF four /;
limit $50 pounds.
u. Obstacle race, 440 yards.
A handsome gold and silver medal
will be given to the winner in each
event. In the tug of war each MEM
Der of the winning team will receive
silver medal. The races will be run
on a quarter mile track prepared espe-
cially for the purpose. The grand
stand has a seating capacity of 1000
persons. Entries will be received by
the Secretary and will close Saturday,
November 18th. Entrance fee, $1.00 I;
80 cents refunded to starters. En-
trance fee must accompany entry.
All the above events, except obstacle
race, open to amateurs only. N A.
A. A. A. rules govern all contests.
The committee reserve the right to
decline or strike out any entry.
A special medal will be given for
those events by the club for members
only.